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I (have people who can) SEE THE FUTURE the perk

Jun 18th, 2021
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  1. “You only have one Astrologist?” [400 CP, Discounted for Mortal King]
  2. Fate is written in the stars. That is the wisdom of the learned men and sages, and a king would be wise to pay heed to the omens they may derive from the course of the night sky.
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  4. In truth though, it is not merely the stars in the sky that provide a glimpse into the fates ordained by the Great Princes. No, nature itself is the divine life of the gods, within which one can view the nature of the divine in its purest, most natural manifestation. And by observing the patterns of phenomena, one can discern both the will of the divine, as well as determine some small portion of the future they have ordained.
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  6. You in particular though, share in a talent for delegation refined in the time of Aššur-aḫa-iddina and Aššur-bāni-apli. As a wise and knowledgeable king, you are easily able to determine whether a man, or woman, is a true prophet or astrologer (or augur, if you prefer), one capable of receiving divine revelation and accurately identifying and interpreting omens respectively, and if you look for them you will always find them in number sufficient for your needs. For prophets, you merely need to keep them close and they will keep you informed of their divinity or a number of divinities’ wills.
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  8. To make use of the astrologers most effectively, you must spread them out. With just a single astrologer living at your residence, they will have a fairly good chance of detecting omens indicating what threats to your life and personal interests in your immediate vicinity might take place within the next three months. Having a half-dozen of those same living within a few miles makes it a near certainty that you will be aware of all threats to your person months ahead of time, and if you station astrologers throughout the lands you hold, you’ll receive similar warnings to any threats to your interests there. After all, you can’t be expected to know the future of the land if no one’s there to see the omens present.
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  10. There are certain limitations to this, though. Your divination experts are reading omens in the present to determine the future, but it is not the future in an absolute sense as much as what is currently fated to happen. If the Divine Assembly alters its decrees and therefore Fate, prior omens will be invalidated and new ones would have to be observed for the new future to be known. Generally you will have enough time to receive news of such, but a sudden, last minute, alteration may give you no time to react, and entities outside fate and who defy predetermination can only be predicted in this manner a fraction of the time.
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